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An example of a backronym as a [[mnemonic]] is the [[Apgar score]], used to assess the health of newborn babies. The rating system was devised by and named after [[Virginia Apgar]]. Ten years after the initial publication, the backronym ''APGAR'' was coined in the US as a mnemonic learning aid: Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, and Respiration.<ref>
{{cite web|url=http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/CP/Views/Exhibit/narrative/obstetric.html|publisher=U.S. National Library of Medicine, NIH|title=The Virginia Apgar Papers - Obstetric Anesthesia and a Scorecard for Newborns, 1949-1958| access-date=2008-11-18 }}</ref> Another example is the American Contract Bridge League's tools to address cheating in online bridge games. EDGAR was originally named for the late Edgar Kaplan, whose many contributions to the game included groundbreaking efforts to reduce illegal partnership communication. The new EDGAR tools expected to debut in early 2024 have been launched with the
Many [[United States Congress]] bills have backronyms as their names; examples include the American [[CARES Act]] ([[SARS-CoV-2|Coronavirus]] Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act) of 2020,<ref>{{Cite web|title=The CARES Act Works for All Americans |website=[[U.S. Department of the Treasury]] |url=https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/cares|access-date=2020-10-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=McConnell|first=Mitch|date=2020-06-03|title=S.3548 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): CARES Act|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3548|access-date=2020-10-02|website=www.congress.gov}}</ref> the [[Patriot Act|USA PATRIOT Act]] (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act) of 2001, and the [[DREAM Act]] (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act).<ref name="roll-call">{{cite web|url=https://www.rollcall.com/2020/07/28/mitch-mcconnell-coronavirus-backronym/|title=The art of the 'backronym'|date=July 28, 2020|website=[[Roll Call]]}}</ref> In the [[113th United States Congress|113th Congress]] (2013) there were over 240 bills with such names.<ref name="atlantic">{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/08/congress-acronyms-reins/312565/|title=All the Silly Legislative Acronyms Congress Came Up with This Year|first=Philip|last=Bump|date=August 2, 2013|website=[[The Atlantic]]}}</ref>
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